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Women (Seaside Employment).

Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 30 July 1931.

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Photo of Sir Geoffrey Mander Sir Geoffrey Mander , Wolverhampton East

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asked the Minister of Labour whether, in offering employment to women at the seaside, consideration is given to the cases of daughters who have mothers wholly dependent upon them for household duties?

Photo of Miss Margaret Bondfield Miss Margaret Bondfield , Wallsend

Domestic circumstances known to the Employment Exchange, are taken into account in offering women employment at the seaside.

Photo of Sir Geoffrey Mander Sir Geoffrey Mander , Wolverhampton East

Do I understand that daughters in such circumstances would be in much the same position as married women?

Photo of Miss Margaret Bondfield Miss Margaret Bondfield , Wallsend

That raises a very large question—the question of availability for employment.

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